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Great Timing For Environmental Benefits of Turf Poster

12.03.15-CTRF-logo3 By Jerry Rousseau

The Canadian Turf Research Foundation (CTRF), posted a helpful resource on its website today, August 20, 2015, called the 'Environmental Benefits of Turfgrass Poster'. For those turf managers in western Canada currently affected by unusally hot and dry conditions and facing scrutiny over the use of water, the poster will assist both individual facilities and industry organizations with their public and media advocacy efforts.

Final Report: Fungicide Alternative Management Practices for Microdochium Patch

13.06.28-osu.tag Clint Mattox, Alec Kowalewski and Brian McDonald
Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University

Microdochium patch can be observed year-around in some cool, humid regions, and damages nearly all grass species in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Historically, more money has been spent on fungicides to combat this disease in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest than any other turfgrass disease.

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Research Shows 'Mulch Fungus' Causes Turfgrass Disease

By Jeff Mulhollem

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Inadvertently continuing a line of study they conducted about 15 years ago, a team of Penn State researchers recently discovered the causal agent for an emerging turfgrass disease affecting golf courses around the world.

NTA Donates $61,000 to Research

The Board of Directors of the Northwest Turfgrass Association has voted to donated $61,000 to various turfgrass research and education projects in the Northwest, more than double what was awarded in 2014.

The NTA grants will be spread out over five different research and education programs in the Northwest.

For 2015, the NTA Board of Directors has awarded the following research and education grants:

Letter from Scandinavian Turf Research Foundation - 2014 Yearbook

Dear Jerry,

I trust you are keeping well.

Please enclosed find STERF yearbook 2014, which will give you an idea of STERF´s ongoing activities and projects. In 2014 STERF had 22 ongoing projects related to integrated pest management, sustainable water management, winter stress management, and multifunctional golf facilities and ecosystem services, all of them presented in the yearbook.

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Great Timing For Environmental Benefits of Turf Poster

Final Report: Fungicide Alternative Management Practices for Microdochium Patch

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Research Shows 'Mulch Fungus' Causes Turfgrass Disease

NTA Donates $61,000 to Research

Letter from Scandinavian Turf Research Foundation - 2014 Yearbook

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